Cricket News

England all-rounder Ben Stokes hit back at fans who abused him on Twitter over his no-ball which led to a wicket against the West Indies.

Seamer Chris Jordan thought England produced a decent bowing display to reduce West Indies to 155-4 on day two of the first Test in Antigua.

Nasser Hussain said England’s bowling was superb on day two of the first Test in the West Indies.

England (399 & 116/3) lead West Indies (295) by 220 runs England captain failed again in Antigua - but he is not being helped by West Indies' choice of cricket ball

Michael Vaughan: Jerome Taylor's skill with the Duke ball means there will be no let up soon for the struggling England captain

Delhi Daredevils overcame a late stumble to win by five wickets at Kings XI Punjab and claim their first victory of the Indian Premier League season.

Sussex 444 & 164 bt Hampshire 231 & 285 by 92 runs Ed Joyce hails pace attack as Sussex open up with victory

Middlesex 181 & 300-7 drew with Nottinghamshire 298 & 401-8 dec - Voges, in his first match as Middlesex captain, was the more fluent of the pair, making 72 off 101 balls

All-rounder Moeen Ali is to join up with the England squad in the West Indies after suffering no ill-effects from his return to action.

Middlesex produced a gutsy rearguard action to bat through the final day against Nottinghamshire and draw their opening LV= County Championship Division One game of the season.

Bob Willis, who took 325 wickets in 90 Tests, urges James Anderson to aim for 500 Test wickets after breaking Sir Ian Botham's England record of 383...

Opener Chris Dent made an unbeaten century as Gloucestershire successfully batted out the final day of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Northamptonshire.

A round-up of the morning's action from the County Championship.

George Bailey has been signed up by Sussex for the second half of their NatWest T20 Blast campaign.

Rajasthan Royals made it three wins out of three in the IPL, Steven Smith guiding them to a seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians with a fine 79no.

The cricket world has said farewell to former Australia Test captain and cricket commentator Richie Benaud.

Jason Gillespie has been appointed the new coach of Big Bash League side Adelaide Strikers in a move that will see him combine the role with his duties at Yorkshire.

Yorkshire (307 & 105-0) beat Worcestershire (311 & 100) by 10 wickets Yorkshire answer fears over manpower shortage by bowling out Worcestershire in 35.3 overs